In The Seashell Hum - A Mental Health Play By Adipo Sidang'

About this event

‘In the Seashell Hum’ is a deeply engaging mental health play by Adipo Sidang’ (author of Parliament of Owls). The play explores in a profound way the weight of mental illness on a creative (inspired by the rising cases of mental health issues in the creative sector, work place, domestic settings etc.); it lays bear in a sensitive way the weight of mental illness and what this means to the loved ones of the patient. In this play, Baraka – a visual artist, oscillates in a multi-layered world firmly grasping at figments cloistered in his inventive mind as he battles voices, strange things, and alcoholism. In this world, he is not only a visual artist but also a soldier battling PTSD. As an experimental lover of IT, he finds solace in his art and IT skills, as he pursues the elusive truth.